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CONCATENATING WITH JUNGLE FEVER

Posted: 2 April 2009 at 12:57 a.m.

"Oh, just do whatever, Kay. You know I always like what you do. Just surprise me," said Darlene, and that was the start of an adventure.

How would you quilt this quilt for Darlene?

These are the things we know:

She wants to use her 20% off cupon for an ...

A CREATIVE SPIRIT RETREAT

Posted: 21 March 2009 at 11:34 p.m.

Early Morning Sunrise

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I'm very guilty of bringing the concept of multitasking to a whole new level. That can be a good thing and it can also be a bad thing. In a communications class I took once the instructor reminded us that most of the time "our ...

CONCATINATING GOLF

Posted: 22 January 2009 at 1:14 a.m.

golf I love the feature called CONCATINATION included with our Creative Studio software on our Statler quilting machines. Concatinating is a design process allowing us to create unique edge-to-edge designs using several different but related quilting patterns. We can choose an order in which we would like the patterns to be ...

HEARTS ECHOED

Posted: 15 January 2009 at 9:27 p.m.

Jans NYB front

A week or so ago my good friend Jan Sims sent me pictures of a New York Beauty top she'd just finished and asked me if I could come up with some designs for her. And ... the Hearts Echoed Collection was born. Jan had plans for the triangles and ...

TESTING A NEW PATTERN

Posted: 3 December 2008 at 12:59 a.m.

Let's face it - I'm a traditionalist at heart when it comes to my quilting. I can remember starting a one-patch charm clam shell quilt in the mid-70's. I'm not even sure where that particular UFO is any more. It may have been packed off in the ...

QUILTING FOR JILL

Posted: 23 September 2008 at 11:39 p.m.

First ... let's take a look at those quilts I teased you with yesterday. I promised more pictures of the customer quilts I've been working on, so, here they are!

Jill has been bringing her quilt tops to me for her for several years now. Jill used to be ...

A NEW DRAWING

Posted: 3 July 2008 at 6:25 a.m.

Elaine made her choice ... here's what she had to say: OH MY GOSH!!! I never win anything. Thank you, Thank you!!! I’m just so excited, I can hardly sit still!!!! I have just been drooling over your patterns! I would just love your “1190 Leafy E2E” I can ...

STITCHOUT SAMPLER

Posted: 8 June 2008 at 6:35 a.m.

Hooray for a day of sunshine! Even for an Oregonian, the rain is getting to be a bit much for this time of year. It's time for sandals, short pants and sweaters to be packed away. Let's see if I'm as ready for summer after next week ...

PATTERNS & PLOTS OF ROCKS

Posted: 4 June 2008 at 10:13 p.m.

Today was a day of cutting, piecing, and computers. First, the cutting ... my red and white sample of TWISTING RIBBONS is hanging in my trunk show at Fabric Depot and this means I need to have another sample on hand for booth hangings in the area and regional retail shows ...

ROCKY RAILROAD BED

Posted: 4 June 2008 at 6:27 p.m.

And, now ... for the rest of the story ...

Plots of Rocks.

Walter is a longarm customer of mine and always brings me interesting quilt tops with interesting ideas and suggestions for quilting designs. This last winter he brought me a Railroad quilt. I couldn't believe the care he took ...